sheesh, a long day today. About to go home, but first gotta drop the fact my new short story dropped
Daily Discussion Thread: 💿💿💿 Friday, July 12, 2024
Submitted 5 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 5 months ago
oztrin@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Couch came mid afternoon, delivery guy obligingly carried it into the lounge (would have been bloody hard for me to get it in on my own.
Zooks was already sitting on it upside down when I was putting the legs on, and purred for a solid hour once it was all put together.
We’re now happily stretched out while I watch random stuff on YT.just_kitten@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Newcouch Zooks tax? 🥺 I love it when cats glom onto new items and take prompt ownership of them
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
[deleted]Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
what is he eating 🚑
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
The same as me but with added chilli.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Love and marriage love and marriage, go to together like a horse and carriage…
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Cheers boyz n girlz 🍺
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 5 months ago
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CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
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Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 months ago
💊 🐾 🕹️ Cheers!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
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SituationCake@aussie.zone 5 months ago
It’s not the shopping, it’s not the cooking. It’s thinking what to cook and cleanup that tires me. I know someone that eats the same meal on each night, eg pasta Monday, taco Tuesday etc. Planning is easier sure but I think the boredom would kill me. And the endless life chore of dishes is soul sucking.
Taleya@aussie.zone 5 months ago
this is why I got a giant freezer. When struck I make ALL THE THINGS
when meh, I pull a lasagne or bolognaise or curry or dumplings or whatever out of freezer and cooketh.
Catfish@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Dishes are worse than scrubbing the loo! I despise it. Never ending cycle of ick.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I don’t like it but I don’t hate it, I don’t think about it, just do it. Which I suppose is a way of coping with doing doing something tedious and ick.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I keep a google sheets list of things I know how to cook. then fill in the blanks with youtube shorts that look interesting enough to tackle.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I get this. I feel like I just washed up and then… Where did all these dishes come from?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Go to Aldi and look in the freezer dept. There’s a shit load of stuff in there to give you ideas. Pair freezer stuff to fresh stuff.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
there have been studies!!
It’s not boring to eat the same food.
It helps reduce stress as there is one less choice to make a day and people learn to enjoy a reduced menu.
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Can confirm. I was the subject of a focussed study where I cooked and ate green chicken curry every night for 12 months. I loved it. Still love it. Probably couldn’t do it again though on account of family members I’ve picked up since then saying things like I don’t like it, it’s boring, we had it last night etc…sigh
goodthanks@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Do the dishes bit by bit. Rinse and stack, then wash a few when you make a coffee. Makes it less of task for me at least.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Ahh my own bed, no beeping, no lights.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 5 months ago
It’s been a really really long day of talking and meetings but mostly worthwhile. Some genuinely thought provoking stuff. But it really, really stretched out the day :/ At least I get paid for the extra hours (or take it as time in lieu). Having two g&ts and walking home helped take the edge off a lot.
On my way back I also reported an expensive fancy car that was half jutting out onto the footpath of a main road because two other cars were already tandem parked on the driveway. I usually never bother, but eff it. These are rich people in an expensive area, it isn’t some back road, they can cop a fine for being lazy shits.
This weekend has some social stuff but also a lot of financial decisions. Got my bonus and tax return today - yay 🤑! Now come all the expenses 💸… Energy bill came in - big jump in use, 9.42kWh (~$3) day. Need to organise replacement of radio in car with android auto. Need to organise car service. Need dental clean. Need drs appt after like 7 months. Need to rebuild savings. Need to plan how much longer I’ll continue working FT…
But I think about where I was just over a year ago and so many years prior, and I’m SO grateful that I have all these choices now.
bull@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Was just shaving and noticed a HAIR protruding from one of my nostrils! NOOOOOO I’M NOT OLD YET!!
Yanked that mofo out of there. Now for some sweet sweet denial.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Have you checked your ears?
bacon@aussie.zone 5 months ago
you yank one, three grow back
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Wait until your eyebrows run amok
Catfish@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I don’t give a fuck about the gray in my head, but the eyebrow ones are an epic nuisance!
Eagle@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I’ve had to stop plucking the greys out of my eyebrows or I’d have no eyebrows left. Not a single grey in my hair though.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 months ago
bruh. You aint got shit to complain about so long as your temples are looking ok!
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Apparently it has been a year since I last changed power/gas companies, so I have just been through the whole energy compare thing again. It is annoying how much of our lives we have to waste on this stuff, and it sucks that we effectively penalise people who can’t do this. People like to call it a “lazy tax” to put the moral responsibility on individuals, but in reality it is primarily a penalty on people who struggle because of literacy issues, disability, age etc. A civilised society should be able to manage a fair distribution of essential services, instead we have created a system designed to take more from the most vulnerable people.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I love how you’ve put this, so true.
Baku@aussie.zone 5 months ago
A civilised society should be able to manage a fair distribution of essential services
No. That’s communism.
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Jokes. Agreed
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Is it normal to be fatigued by antibiotics? I went to bed at 11ish last night and woke up at 2:30pm which is super weird.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Yeah it’s normal because there’s a fight going on inside your body.
Duenan@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I guess it depends what you’re fighting against as well but the antibiotics could be hitting you hard.
What are you playing on the iPad?
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 months ago
This game called Breach Wanderers which is like slay the spire but heaps better.
Also trying out pubg, cod and warframe.
Any recommendations?
Taleya@aussie.zone 5 months ago
yup, they always kick my arse
bacon@aussie.zone 5 months ago
🥤🥤electrolytes, one for you, one for me
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Thank you ❤️
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 months ago
rest is the best thing you can do if your crook
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Yeah agreed. Videogames on the iPad and SCP youtube videos it is.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Is it wrong to want Joe to have The Big Sleep… soon.
bull@aussie.zone 5 months ago
It’s insane to me that there isn’t an age cutoff of the standard retirement age for the highest-level job in the country.
If the party steps him down now, it’d be the responsible thing to do but it’d show weakness and go back on everything they’ve been saying (that he’s fine) and they seem too arrogant to do that. Plus the fickle media/voters would probably label the party as unstable (which maybe they are) and lose them the election.
If they leave him on and he dies soon, the party looks stupid for not standing him down sooner and if he dies after winning there would be a lot of talk about the intention of getting the VP in as president without people voting for them… another issue with their entire system of voting for the “president” and not the party/policies.
If they leave him on and he keeps kicking and wins, you’d have to trust that serious people are actually running the country and he’s just rolled out to flub through speeches and shake some hands. If he loses then they have 4 more years of a cartoon-supervillain president assuming he lives through them.
I don’t see a way back for the USA from the crips vs bloods level of division their people are in plus their need to make politics into entertainment. The hero-worshipping of their politicians is baffling to me.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 5 months ago
If they leave him on and he keeps kicking and wins, you’d have to trust that serious people are actually running the country and he’s just rolled out to flub through speeches and shake some hands.
This is essentially the scenario if Biden wins. He’s been in politics long enough to know how things work and what can be done through which channels. He’s good at putting experience people in the right positions in his cabinet. He’s got contacts and is still very much a ‘Statesman’. I doubt he has a strong guiding hand in many of the policies, but rather acts in an advisory capacity.
Trump is the exact opposite, where he has no idea what he’s doing BUT wants to be involved.
Best case scenario, Biden wins, governs for a while, resigns and Harris is Pres until end of term. Her legal background might make her much ruthless than Biden in dealing with Trump and his ilk.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I can’t imagine wanting to do a job that big at that age. If I make it to 80 I would like zero responsibility thank you, time to potter around or travel or whatever fun looks like in the moment. Not running a bloody country.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Both candidates are unfit. The looser of the next election is America.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
fuck the dems are shit at campaigning
the team should be spending their time attacking trump and the gop, not infighting
that will leave Joe to run his own campaign
and when joe wins after a year or so he can resign and kamala can take over
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I’ve never been interested in American politics but this one’s a doozy. I don’t think Joe’s gonna make it which leaves the clown in charge. Again.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 months ago
the problem as I see it is Trump could have a stroke on stage and his people would still vote from him. President Biden sadly cant rely on insanity of his supporters, the downside of being the “good” guy I suppose.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
You don’t keep the tired player on the field. You send out the fresh legs to kick the winning goal.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Hey mate you’ve been resting on the machine for 5 min fucking around on your phone. Either exercise or get off the machine.
Taleya@aussie.zone 5 months ago
aww shittttttttt
when out for my daily stomp I noticed something that looked very very promising being built on Cochrane’s road. From an open door of a recently sold warehouse I spied what looked an awful lot like a looping indoor track under construction. “Wah wah you’re crazy” the husband said “wah wah it’s the tile area, probably the conveyer track for marble cutting or something”
Well who’s wah wahing now my friends! HA!
bacon@aussie.zone 5 months ago
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Wife and I discussing about a piece of furniture on Facebook marketplace.
The listing has a photo of their dog. So I joked about buying said dog.
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Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I’ve only been awake 4 hours and its dark. Early night I think to let the antibiotics do their job.
Baku@aussie.zone 5 months ago
My tax return processed this morning. Right on time, wasn’t expecting that.
Finally going to upgrade the GPU, but I’m a bit concerned about the ram clearance, so I want to properly measure it out first.
I also bought a security camera today and some door alarms. I’m not sure if that was a wise use of money though, because I mean he’s moved out now, and my doors and windows are all locked. If he was to come back and try to break in again (which seems less likely with each day that passes), he’s probably going to get in by smashing a window. In which case an alarm probably won’t do much. But I guess it’ll make me feel safer, so it won’t be entirely useless I suppose
oztrin@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Just got a message that the couch I ordered, original estimated delivery 17th - 22nd, is out for delivery today.
Cue mad cleaning and rearranging I was going to do over the weekend.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 5 months ago
How about some anti-gratitude?
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Gratitude thread for your Friday
Duenan@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Taleya@aussie.zone 5 months ago
got a bunch of totes from bunnings, they all smell like barbie’s arse.
time to get SCIENTIFIC!
- Control left to air
- One scrubbed out with dawn and hot water and currently air drying
- One thoroughly sprayed with Attack An Odour on both interior and interior of lid, closed, left 24 hours
- One thoroughly sprayed with neat vinegar on both interior and interior of lid, closed, left 24 hours
- One closed with an open container of bicarb soda, left 24 hours
Still got a couple if anyone has any recs
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 5 months ago
So of course like an idiot and was marvelling at myself for having stayed away from the news for some time and being blissfully unaware. Right on cue, YT serves me all the worst of the local news.
They’re reading our brainwaves now, aren’t they…
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Nana and uncle have taken the kids out this morning whilst I’m still sick and have a meeting.
I better still have two kids when they get back
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Rewatching Tron Legacy. What a beautiful movie and the score is just incredible.
derezzed www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4cgLL8JaVI
I watched the first Tron at the movies when it first came out, it was awesome too
these would great at the IMAX
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Let’s get this bad boy over the line tonight.
Go.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 months ago
I’ve made a playlist featuring a lot of karaoke songs. I’m gonna be exhausted after this concert tonight
StudChud@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Sorry for the rant:
Stressed about the water leak from my washing machine. I reckon I might be able to fix the connection, as it’s leaking from where the machines drainage pipe connects.
I don’t mind if I have to pay the call out fee for the plumber, as it wasn’t an urgent repair. Just stressed about how long it had been going for and the water in the carpet. I’ve had the AC on the dry setting overnight and will be picking up a dehumidifier this weekend. Gotta dry it all out before I can figure out how bad any water damage may be for the skirting board and carpet.
Sigh, I think my RE is gonna hate me now. Least I’m not planning on moving any time soon so maybe I can fix it up over time, bit by bit. Idk. Or the RE is gonna lose their minds and take us to VCAT or some shit. Idk how this works. I’ve never had this happen before.
Whatever, I get my tax return soon, so does my partner, and he is due for a big bonus soon. So if we do need to pay for extensive repairs by a professional, then we may be able to.
I’ve just felt so anxious and sick since yesterday, couldn’t sleep, just stressing out over everything now.
Worst comes to worst, I could prolly ask my dad for help. But that just brings with it the feelings of being a failure of a daughter ugh. Ugh!
I know it will all be okay, we’ll get through whatever comes at us, but I just feel a bit overwhelmed right now, I think.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 5 months ago
G’day all! Time to sit down with my dinner and read back through your day, as I do when I’ve been too busy to Lemmy. I look forward to reading about your adventures!